"The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand." (Psalm 121: 5)
I've been experiencing a lot of challenges lately. Some even made me wonder whether I have the wisdom and the strength to be able to carry on. I am slightly troubled about all these things but when I spent time with God today, He reminded me again that He is my Deliverer, my Stronghold and my Rock. He is my keeper and reassured me that He did not allow all these things to happen without a good reason.
Once again, it's through all the challenges I face and the obstacles that I have to conquer that I really experience God's unending love, grace and mercy. It reminded me of the countless times God has delivered me out of my adversities when I seek Him.When I struggle to carry on, I'm reminded that I'm not enduring it alone. Though I may stand in the midst of the multitude; in the midst of all the chaos and trouble, I will always have a place to take refuge; which is in Christ Jesus.
"The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." (Psalm 18: 2)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
All because of HIS LOVE...
"...I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness." (Jeremiah 31: 3)
I'm finally 18 today! Yay! Haha...I've been thinking quite a lot today. Why does everyone like celebrating birthdays so much? We know that birthdays are special but what's so special about them anyways? Well, it's important because we celebrate the LIFE of the person. It shows how happy we are that the person was born on that day.
It makes me think of my life as well. Then I look back and I remember the moment my life BEGAN. My life didn't begin on the day I was born; but on the day I accepted Christ into my life 2 years ago. It was the day I was born again into Christ's family. This caused me to think about what actually had drawn me to Christ in the first place.
When I first got invited to my friend's church, I was skeptical about my friend's intentions. I wondered why everyone treated me so nicely. At the back of my mind I was thinking, "These Christians must have a motive in treating me so nicely. They must want to convert me into a Christian." But somehow I kept going back to church. I've wondered many times why I kept going back there. I soon realized that it was His LOVE that kept pulling me back. Since God loved us so much, we are called to love one another as well. I now understand why they treated me with so much love at that time.
So, it was His LOVE for me that had drawn me to Him. It was because He LOVED me FIRST that I was able to loved Him in return. It says, "This is love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." (1 John 4: 10) It was all because of His love for ME that I am now able to love others around me.
"No words can describe how much I thank you Lord. Lord I pray that just as you have shown me LOVE, I am able to love others as well. Make me a blessing to the people around me and use me to show your great LOVE to others. In Jesus' name, Amen."
"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." (1 John 4: 11)
God bless.
I have drawn you with loving-kindness." (Jeremiah 31: 3)
I'm finally 18 today! Yay! Haha...I've been thinking quite a lot today. Why does everyone like celebrating birthdays so much? We know that birthdays are special but what's so special about them anyways? Well, it's important because we celebrate the LIFE of the person. It shows how happy we are that the person was born on that day.
It makes me think of my life as well. Then I look back and I remember the moment my life BEGAN. My life didn't begin on the day I was born; but on the day I accepted Christ into my life 2 years ago. It was the day I was born again into Christ's family. This caused me to think about what actually had drawn me to Christ in the first place.
When I first got invited to my friend's church, I was skeptical about my friend's intentions. I wondered why everyone treated me so nicely. At the back of my mind I was thinking, "These Christians must have a motive in treating me so nicely. They must want to convert me into a Christian." But somehow I kept going back to church. I've wondered many times why I kept going back there. I soon realized that it was His LOVE that kept pulling me back. Since God loved us so much, we are called to love one another as well. I now understand why they treated me with so much love at that time.
So, it was His LOVE for me that had drawn me to Him. It was because He LOVED me FIRST that I was able to loved Him in return. It says, "This is love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." (1 John 4: 10) It was all because of His love for ME that I am now able to love others around me.
"No words can describe how much I thank you Lord. Lord I pray that just as you have shown me LOVE, I am able to love others as well. Make me a blessing to the people around me and use me to show your great LOVE to others. In Jesus' name, Amen."
"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." (1 John 4: 11)
God bless.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
What is REAL WORSHIP?
"Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations - I cannot bear your evil assemblies." (Isaiah 1: 13)
Most of the time when we mention 'worship' we'll immediately think about touching songs; great music; people singing from the depths of their hearts. How many times have we stopped and wondered whether our offerings or songs, our voices and our talents is a pleasant offering in God's eyes?
Are not our voices, our talents and our everything given by our Father in Heaven? Is it pleasing to Him simply when we offer something that He gave us? God said, "your incense is DETESTABLE to me". So, what then is worship? He told us to keep the Sabbath holy, to gather together; he told us to do all these things and now He says that our offerings are detestable to Him? I was confused at the time about what God wants.
When we look at the story of Abel and Cain, we can see that the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering He did not look with favor. (Genesis 4: 4-5) I've always wondered why God did not look with favor in Cain's offering. Is it because he offered fruits while Abel offered fat portions? Or is it because Cain offered leftovers or fruits that not of good quality? If i was to offered God something that I know is not good, I wouldn't even dare to look at God in the eye let alone being angry at Him for not accepting my offerring. But Cain was very angry and his face was downcast. So, surely he had given good offerings if not the best of his fruits to the Lord.
God did not look at the offerings, but look first at the person who offered it. It says, "The Lord looked with favor in Abel and his offerings..." God looked first at Abel then only at his offering. It was because Abel's walk with God was right that God looked with favor in his offering.
Even for me, sometimes I tend to serve and give my best to God in my service and forget that if my walk with God is not right, all these things I do are DETESTABLE to Him."Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth" (John 4:23-24)
How can I worship in Spirit and in Truth then? I believe that God has a purpose for me and He has a purpose in each one of us. The greatest offering I could possibly offer to God is not my talent, but my LIFE. To live my life in the way that I'll work my best towards fulfilling God's purpose in me. This means every area of my life must be right in God's eyes, not just when I go out and speak about God. This means my studies, the way I treat people, what I think to myself must be right in God's eyes.
So, will we continue to live only for ourselves or is it time to live FOR God? This is one thing I'm still struggling to do. So, let us encourage one another towards Him with love and respect.
God Bless.
Most of the time when we mention 'worship' we'll immediately think about touching songs; great music; people singing from the depths of their hearts. How many times have we stopped and wondered whether our offerings or songs, our voices and our talents is a pleasant offering in God's eyes?
Are not our voices, our talents and our everything given by our Father in Heaven? Is it pleasing to Him simply when we offer something that He gave us? God said, "your incense is DETESTABLE to me". So, what then is worship? He told us to keep the Sabbath holy, to gather together; he told us to do all these things and now He says that our offerings are detestable to Him? I was confused at the time about what God wants.
When we look at the story of Abel and Cain, we can see that the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering He did not look with favor. (Genesis 4: 4-5) I've always wondered why God did not look with favor in Cain's offering. Is it because he offered fruits while Abel offered fat portions? Or is it because Cain offered leftovers or fruits that not of good quality? If i was to offered God something that I know is not good, I wouldn't even dare to look at God in the eye let alone being angry at Him for not accepting my offerring. But Cain was very angry and his face was downcast. So, surely he had given good offerings if not the best of his fruits to the Lord.
God did not look at the offerings, but look first at the person who offered it. It says, "The Lord looked with favor in Abel and his offerings..." God looked first at Abel then only at his offering. It was because Abel's walk with God was right that God looked with favor in his offering.
Even for me, sometimes I tend to serve and give my best to God in my service and forget that if my walk with God is not right, all these things I do are DETESTABLE to Him."Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth" (John 4:23-24)
How can I worship in Spirit and in Truth then? I believe that God has a purpose for me and He has a purpose in each one of us. The greatest offering I could possibly offer to God is not my talent, but my LIFE. To live my life in the way that I'll work my best towards fulfilling God's purpose in me. This means every area of my life must be right in God's eyes, not just when I go out and speak about God. This means my studies, the way I treat people, what I think to myself must be right in God's eyes.
So, will we continue to live only for ourselves or is it time to live FOR God? This is one thing I'm still struggling to do. So, let us encourage one another towards Him with love and respect.
God Bless.
Lord Jesus, My Comforter
"Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God."
(2 Corinthians 1:3-4)
All my life, I've been facing struggles and trials of all sorts. Being born with brittle bones, I've suffered so many broken bone I've lost count a long time ago. Not only do I have to experience pain throughout my life, I had to deal with all sorts of problems in terms of friends, school life, my self- esteem and so on. So, pain and suffering is no stranger to me.
People asked me whether I've questioned God before. I've never really thought about that. I just continued living my life and the main reason why I'm still joyful is because of the support my family gave me. It's until I've become a Christian that I start to look at life in a different light. It changed my perspective on sufferings as well.
Somehow, I've always had a feeling that I can do something out of my life. It is until when I accepted Christ 2 years ago that I see a purpose in my life. I believe God made me this way for a reason, and that He can use me in ways I can never imagine. I know that all the sufferings I've been through is not without a purpose. It is through these things that I may find Comfort in God, and with the same comfort He gave me, I'm able to comfort others. I may not know yet what exactly is God's purpose in me but I believe that through His grace, I'll be able to inspire many and to testify of His glory in through my life.
As humans, we cannot escape from sufferings and troubles, but one thing we can do is to rely on His strength and to work our best in fulfilling the purpose He has in us. Even our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God suffered just as us when He came down from His throne to save us from our sins. He suffered even more than anything that we can ever experience in our lives. How can Jesus say that he loves us and understands us and even comforts us if he does not feel what we feel.
So, he made the biggest sacrifice ever for us. To come down from his throne, becoming just as us, suffered with us, tempted just as us; just so that he can give us the gift of Life; the comfort that we need in our lives filled with trials and sufferings.
So, let us be grateful for we have a God of love, compassion, grace and mercy.
"Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted." (Hebrews 2: 18)
Glory to God alone!
God bless.
(2 Corinthians 1:3-4)
All my life, I've been facing struggles and trials of all sorts. Being born with brittle bones, I've suffered so many broken bone I've lost count a long time ago. Not only do I have to experience pain throughout my life, I had to deal with all sorts of problems in terms of friends, school life, my self- esteem and so on. So, pain and suffering is no stranger to me.
People asked me whether I've questioned God before. I've never really thought about that. I just continued living my life and the main reason why I'm still joyful is because of the support my family gave me. It's until I've become a Christian that I start to look at life in a different light. It changed my perspective on sufferings as well.
Somehow, I've always had a feeling that I can do something out of my life. It is until when I accepted Christ 2 years ago that I see a purpose in my life. I believe God made me this way for a reason, and that He can use me in ways I can never imagine. I know that all the sufferings I've been through is not without a purpose. It is through these things that I may find Comfort in God, and with the same comfort He gave me, I'm able to comfort others. I may not know yet what exactly is God's purpose in me but I believe that through His grace, I'll be able to inspire many and to testify of His glory in through my life.
As humans, we cannot escape from sufferings and troubles, but one thing we can do is to rely on His strength and to work our best in fulfilling the purpose He has in us. Even our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God suffered just as us when He came down from His throne to save us from our sins. He suffered even more than anything that we can ever experience in our lives. How can Jesus say that he loves us and understands us and even comforts us if he does not feel what we feel.
So, he made the biggest sacrifice ever for us. To come down from his throne, becoming just as us, suffered with us, tempted just as us; just so that he can give us the gift of Life; the comfort that we need in our lives filled with trials and sufferings.
So, let us be grateful for we have a God of love, compassion, grace and mercy.
"Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted." (Hebrews 2: 18)
Glory to God alone!
God bless.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
It's Finally Official!!
My blog is finally official!! I've been at it for months and no one has seen it yet. I've spent so much time thinking what blog title to use; thinking of what to write and even thinking of what pictures to use as the background.
Glad that I'm finally done with all the small details. Sorry Wen Lin for making you wait for so long before you can finally see it. I'm not that good in writing but I do hope that my sharing here would be an encouragement in some ways to you all.
Enjoy reading...
God Bless.
-DaNiEL-
Glad that I'm finally done with all the small details. Sorry Wen Lin for making you wait for so long before you can finally see it. I'm not that good in writing but I do hope that my sharing here would be an encouragement in some ways to you all.
Enjoy reading...
God Bless.
-DaNiEL-
Exam Results
Just checked my past semester's exam results just now. Well, it's not that well. Well, I failed a subject. To be honest, I was kind of prepared for this all this while. Of course I did encountered a lot of problems just before this particular paper, but it's not really a good excuse for the amount of effort I've put into it. It's the first failed paper I've had in my whole life! Guess this is a lesson for me to learn.
I pray that this semester, I'll be able to put the best effort I can on my studies, while balancing my time for my service for God as well as other commitments. This is something I want to do this semester ever since I received a 'wake up' call in CF Camp. I've always wanted to become a testimony for God in the campus and all this while I've put a lot of effort in my service for Him. I thought that as long as my results are 'ok ok' it'll be fine. The camp really shook me and reminded me of my purpose in campus. How can I become a testimony to my coursemates or my Christian friends or even my lecturers if my results are bad?
The speaker of the camp, Bro. Winson heard something very sad from one of his students from TARC. A lecturer once said something like this," Oh, the Christian student...He's always into these God stuff, but his studies is a mess!" This made me really think of the role I've been playing all this while. Am I a testimony? Can I do better?
I don't have to be the best in my studies, but I can be MY best. So, have I been doing my best? This is something I pray that I will not lose sight for the rest of my college years.
Praise God for my results!! I take this time as a really valuable lesson and I thank God for letting me realize this; even sometimes it means giving me a wake up "slap".
Soli Deo Gloria! All Glory to God alone!!
God bless.
I pray that this semester, I'll be able to put the best effort I can on my studies, while balancing my time for my service for God as well as other commitments. This is something I want to do this semester ever since I received a 'wake up' call in CF Camp. I've always wanted to become a testimony for God in the campus and all this while I've put a lot of effort in my service for Him. I thought that as long as my results are 'ok ok' it'll be fine. The camp really shook me and reminded me of my purpose in campus. How can I become a testimony to my coursemates or my Christian friends or even my lecturers if my results are bad?
The speaker of the camp, Bro. Winson heard something very sad from one of his students from TARC. A lecturer once said something like this," Oh, the Christian student...He's always into these God stuff, but his studies is a mess!" This made me really think of the role I've been playing all this while. Am I a testimony? Can I do better?
I don't have to be the best in my studies, but I can be MY best. So, have I been doing my best? This is something I pray that I will not lose sight for the rest of my college years.
Praise God for my results!! I take this time as a really valuable lesson and I thank God for letting me realize this; even sometimes it means giving me a wake up "slap".
Soli Deo Gloria! All Glory to God alone!!
God bless.
Monday, October 5, 2009
One Heartbeat...
Just came back from our CF camp yesterday. Very tired but the camp was great!! This year's camp was about unity and the theme was "One Heartbeat". Our camp took place in the SUFES Campsite in Tapah from 30th September till 3rd of October.
Our purpose of this camp was to encourage unity among our CFers and especially between our different CGs such as the Joy Group(JG) ;which is our Chinese language CG; as well as the Christian Fellowship(CF); our English group. The camp was a great experience and I especially find the talk by the speaker interesting and very relevant at the same time.
We had activities like obstacle course, treasure hunt, stream trotting and so on. All these activities really taught us the importance of teamwork. I could see the CFers helping out each other especially the weaker ones in the groups. Everyone had to use their different strengths to make up for the weaknesses of their group members.
On the final day, we had a 'Car Wash' session. Basically, all we did was to tell the strength of our group members. Never thought that that session would be so impacting. Overall, it was an EXCELLENT camp!!
Overall, I personally enjoyed the talks by Bro. Winson the most. This camp was really a "wake up" call for me. It really changed my life after that. To think that I was that close to not going for this year's camp. Thank God that I didn't miss this year's camp.
Wished that the SPUS CG could have joined us though. They can't cause they had class on the weekdays. Many people have been blessed through the camp. I pray that our passion for Him would not simply die down after the camp and that we would go all out for HIS will in TARC.
'lepak'ing at the waterfall...
camp pic...
My wonderful teammates...Go GANZE!!!
"...your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." (Matt 6: 10)
ONE HEARTBEAT
Together we grow...
God Bless
Our purpose of this camp was to encourage unity among our CFers and especially between our different CGs such as the Joy Group(JG) ;which is our Chinese language CG; as well as the Christian Fellowship(CF); our English group. The camp was a great experience and I especially find the talk by the speaker interesting and very relevant at the same time.
We had activities like obstacle course, treasure hunt, stream trotting and so on. All these activities really taught us the importance of teamwork. I could see the CFers helping out each other especially the weaker ones in the groups. Everyone had to use their different strengths to make up for the weaknesses of their group members.
On the final day, we had a 'Car Wash' session. Basically, all we did was to tell the strength of our group members. Never thought that that session would be so impacting. Overall, it was an EXCELLENT camp!!
Overall, I personally enjoyed the talks by Bro. Winson the most. This camp was really a "wake up" call for me. It really changed my life after that. To think that I was that close to not going for this year's camp. Thank God that I didn't miss this year's camp.
Wished that the SPUS CG could have joined us though. They can't cause they had class on the weekdays. Many people have been blessed through the camp. I pray that our passion for Him would not simply die down after the camp and that we would go all out for HIS will in TARC.
'lepak'ing at the waterfall...
camp pic...
My wonderful teammates...Go GANZE!!!
"...your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." (Matt 6: 10)
ONE HEARTBEAT
Together we grow...
God Bless
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